Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
​Utilizing the monkey see monkey do approach
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Cooking and Drinking
Claude William Fay
Oct. 18th 1895 - Nov. 28th 1976
1900
1900 Census
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Interesting thing about this 1900 census and that is even though Claude is only 4 years old in it. The family living right next-door might be a relation to Claude's first wife Harriet Ward, but it is not her immediate family as her father was Francis.
Joel M. Fay and wife Minnie M.
Frank A
Pearl M.
Earnest (missing in the 1910 census because he was shot and killed by his broth Frank in 1903 hunting accident)
Claude (My Grandfather)
1903
Claude's older brother Frank accidentally shoots and kills his younger brother Ernest. 10 years old. Incident happened in Corry Pennsylvania. Incident happened August 5, 1903.
Frank Fay was the one who shot his little brother and killed him.
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See this newspaper clipping from the Buffalo news August 5th, 1903 Shooting took place in Corry, PA
1916 or 1917
Bradford, Pennsylvania, February 22nd addition, 1917
I believe the wedding was on the 21st of 1917. Crazy thing is though there are numerous court cases involving Harriet that all say she was under age when she got married and that the wedding was February 21, 1916. Multiple sources said 1916, but yet the newspaper in 1917 posted that there was a wedding held at the bride's home of the parents.
1916
A very sorted story. Newspapers allege Claude married Harriet when she was just 15. They had two children in fairly quick succession, Ruth and Virginia. Then after four years of marriage, she took off with her sister to New York. She left Claude for what might be six months. Claude probably filed a missing person's report and perhaps through tips from Harriet's family members living in that town of Bradford Pennsylvania investigators went to Buffalo, New York and found the two sisters having married two soldiers from the Buffalo area. Haven't found any record of divorce yet but you'll see on Harriet's page. The grand jury told her to annul her first marriage otherwise, she might be looking at jail time for bigamy. Second husband name is Harry Banker.
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1917
Claude's World War I draft form
Shows him being married, which of course is to Harriet Wade/Faye
Living in Bradford Pennsylvania on 46 Chestnut Street.
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1920
Claude Fay about 1920
about 25 years old
Difficult to say with the quality of clothing and the hat are all indicative of the late 1910s were early 1920s. As the saga with his first wife Harriet unfolds, he was left for multiple months with just the children. Looks like Harriet took off for New York with her sister and decided to marry another gentleman Harry Wade, a 22-year-old soldier in New York. A decent amount is known about Harriet click on this link to go to her separate page.
Who knows, this could be 1917 and it's his wedding day. He is dressed up for something.
If I have the year, correct, Claude could be either still with his first wife according to the 1920 census he was or it could be right after a potential divorce, which is assumed to be around 1921 or slightly after as in 1925 he was already in New York State, living with his brother Frank.
1920
1920 Buffalo Cite Directory
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Claude W. Fay
Frank A. Fay
Claude's older brother
No idea if this is Claude's soon to be Ex-wife Harriet
1921
1925
1925 Census
Shows Claude now living in NY.
with his brother Frank and wife Carrie.
Address: 17 Melvin Place, Buffalo, NY
It is just about the South Buffalo triangle on the other side of the Buffalo river.
1926
Claude marries Evelyn
Sept 22nd 1926
Wedding licenses for September 23, 1926. Claude living on Elmwood Avenue across the street from the Pierce auto plant and grandma living at number 73. Duerstein St. Which is over by Cazenovia Park and Seneca Street.
​I remember grandpa's living room having a whole bunch of taken apart radios and televisions that he was repairing. That took place I would say, probably 60s early 70s. I remember him having a lot of test equipment and television and radio tubes and tube testers. He was not a stupid person. If I understood correctly and I can ask, I think he took the course through the mail at the time that may have been better than going to a classroom.
By the address on the card, he started his business before he built the house at 838 mineral Springs. I think the earliest I heard HBA mineral Springs was 1935. Zillow has the house has been built in 1939.
Shirley was just a baby.
1929
1929 City Directory
Another place where Claude worked was the Worthington pump. Located at 45 Roberts Avenue in Buffalo, which is 2.5 miles from 838 Mineral Springs Rd. You see this business listed on Claude World War II draft papers below.
I just figured this out PAMCCo is Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company.
1930
1930
Shirley, Evelyn and Marie
Living at: 68 Grote St. Buffalo, NY
1940
Believe it or not this is a photo of Evelyn and her boyfriend Karl Machhoez 1897-1952
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Photo c 1940
1940
1940 Census
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NOTE The house my mother said she helped her father Claude. 838 Mineral Springs West Seneca, NY
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1941/42
about 1941/42?
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Shirley and Marie look around 12 and 14?
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Claude would be about 46
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Minnie may Babcock/ Schrader/ Reese, Lucy Fay/ St...... George Reese, Claude Fay, Evelyn Fay and the two kids, Shirley and Marie Fay.
1950
AI generated from a 1950s photograph of my grandfather Claude W Fay.
My aunt Marie's former husband. Father to Kenny, Gary and Donny. This Cemetery is On Camp Road on the other side of the light from route 20. About another mile down the road on the left-hand side.
City directory 1955 Buffalo, New York
Donald K Baldwin 247 Orange St. Does it look like the houses there anymore. But from that location to aunt Nick's childhood home is 5.7 miles.
A holding place for these people
It was through the genealogy research. I've done over the years that I happen upon many family members as a migrated across Massachusetts in New York in into Pennsylvania. Some members went into Vermont and did some quite notable things such as built what was called the T Faye, Tavern and it was the meeting place for the green Mountain boys and Ethan Allen during the revolutionary war. It was from that place that Ethan Alan attacked for Ticonderoga and took it from the British. Along with other Faye, family members writing the declaration of independence from England for the state of Vermont. The attack on Fort Ticonderoga was ordered by President Washington in order to capture the cannons at the fort and have them taken to New York City. I believe in preparation for an English Invasion.
​The catamount tavern built by Stephen Faye. Much literature on the family in Vermont along with Ethan Alan and the Green Mountain boys, which he was a party of.
